The picture that you see below, shows a small wooden figurine of a seated meditating monk, placed at the base of the temple gate. The writing in kanji reads 喜捨 (Japanese: kiya), which means "alms giving". It is believed that this statue, when touched by whoever is passing by, will take away all sicknesses and will bless with longevity. I took another close-up photo of this sculpture, in which you can see it in greater detail. It must have been touched millions of times, as the paint is completely gone in some places, and the wood surface is smooth as if it was lacquered.
The entrance to the Japnese Zen Buddhism Kencho-ji temple is guarded by a massive gate, known in Japanese as sanmon (山門). Sanmon literally means "mountain gate", though it has also other names. The gates rank from rank one (smallest) to rank five (largest and most impressive). Although the Kencho-ji temple gate is classified as rank one, it is rather large. I will write a separate article about this gate, especially that I took a really interesting photo of the Kencho-ji sanmon.
The picture that you see below, shows a small wooden figurine of a seated meditating monk, placed at the base of the temple gate. The writing in kanji reads 喜捨 (Japanese: kiya), which means "alms giving". It is believed that this statue, when touched by whoever is passing by, will take away all sicknesses and will bless with longevity. I took another close-up photo of this sculpture, in which you can see it in greater detail. It must have been touched millions of times, as the paint is completely gone in some places, and the wood surface is smooth as if it was lacquered.
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